Local Arts

The City of Yorkton celebrated the beginning of the Christmas season with the Santa Claus Day Parade, capped off with a visit from jolly old St. Nick himself riding in a place of honour.

Major Walsh (left in both photos) was first assigned to Fort McLeod in what is now Alberta, until he was assigned the task of erecting Fort Walsh in 1875 in the Cypress Hills in what is now Saskatchewan.

Yorkton’s Festival of Cultures is still growing seven years after it began. With more booths, performances and cultures represented, it’s becoming an institution in the city of Yorkton.

Songwriter hopes CD highlights holiday meaning

The 20th annual Yorkton Santa Claus Parade marked a major milestone, having celebrated 20 years of delighting people of all ages in the city. For one participant, that milestone marks the end of an era.

For the first time, the CP Holiday Train is making a stop in Yorkton to spread early Christmas cheer. The Holiday Train, which raises funds for food banks across America and Canada, started its cross-country trip on Nov. 25.

On November 26, 1966, joy came to Saskatchewan, as the Roughriders won their first Grey Cup in the team’s history. The Roughies, as they were referred to at the time, triumphed over Ottawa’s own, inferior Rough Riders 29-14.

St. Paul’s School principal Quinn Haider unscrewed the top of a long silver tube. He pulled out crinkled sheets of paper covered with drawings and writings. Haider pointed to an article from Yorkton This Week written 25 years ago.

Holodomor means death by starvation, and in Ukraine in the early 1930s, it was an attempt by the USSR to get rid of Ukrainian farmers by seizing all of their food to sell.

The Godfrey Dean Art Gallery is doing something fun for the whole family this Christmas season. The newest exhibit at the gallery is a display of Lego creations built by Kelly Litzenberger.